30 Bible Verses about doves
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Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground. The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark. He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.read more.
When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.
Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the Lord, require of them.
"'If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.
The Lord said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
"'If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.
"'If he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
"'When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest. The priest is to present it before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child. If she cannot afford a sheep, then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.'"
and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which are within his means. One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he is to present himself before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent and give them to the priest,
On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.
He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.
Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people!
Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!
We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.
Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan -- each one for his iniquity.
Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.
They will return in fear and trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes," declares the Lord.
Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."
Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining -- this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God."
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the church
The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Dwells in rocks
Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Offered in sacrifice
The Lord said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
"'If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.
Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!
Doves » Impiously sold in the court of the temple
Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"
Doves » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
Doves » Sent from the ark by noah » Ge 8:8
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
Doves » Characterized by » Comeliness of countenance
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Characterized by » Sweetness of voice
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Characterized by » Softness of eyes
The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved! Oh, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves!
Doves » Illustrative » Of the meekness of Christ
His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.
Doves » Frequents streams and rivers
His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.
Doves » The harbinger of spring
The pomegranates have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Doves » Clean and used as food
Doves » Characterized by » Simplicity
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Doves » Why considered the emblem of peace
When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
Doves » Characterized by » Richness of plumage
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.
Doves » Illustrative » (in its flight,) of the return of israel from captivity
They will return in fear and trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes," declares the Lord.
Doves » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?
Doves » Mournful tabering of, alluded to
Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.
Doves » Doves, a type of purity
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.
But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her:
After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
Doves » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice
The Lord said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
"'If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.
and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.
On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Righteous » Compared with » Doves
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.
Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?
Rocks » Inhabited by » Doves
Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
compared to Saints » Doves
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.
Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?
Valleys » Abounded with » Doves
Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan -- each one for his iniquity.
